RE: Why did god allow people to be born after the fall ?
November 6, 2017 at 3:09 pm
(This post was last modified: November 6, 2017 at 3:10 pm by Harry Nevis.)
(November 6, 2017 at 1:39 pm)alpha male Wrote:He IS responsible. He made the rules, communicated his wants poorly, and gave us the power of reason, which, when used, exposes the bible for the crap it is.(November 6, 2017 at 1:23 pm)possibletarian Wrote: Seriously ? you don't think that torturing people that you are responsible for creating in the first place is not insane ?
No. You previously allowed free will, but now you're attempting to shift the fault from people's free choices back to God.
(November 6, 2017 at 2:44 pm)alpha male Wrote:(November 6, 2017 at 2:32 pm)Astreja Wrote: The reason that the hell concept is a deal-breaker for me regarding the Christian god is that I can actually emphasize with people trapped in hell. Where is that empathy in the people defending the actions of that god?
Why do so many people defend the schoolyard bully and claim that the beat-up kid had it coming, rather than calling out the bully?
The difference with me is that I look at myself and think I deserve hell. So, for me, God isn't a bully. He's a righteous judge.
But we all aren't sick fucks like you.
"The last superstition of the human mind is the superstition that religion in itself is a good thing." - Samuel Porter Putnam
